Covid-19: Lockdown leaves Chhattisgarh petrol pumps battling for survival

Although the petrol pumps across the country were exempted from the lockdown, the move has failed to turn the fortunes of dealers with pumps across Chhattisgarh wearing a deserted look despite being in operation.
 

According to dealers, the consumption of petrol and diesel in the state has fallen sharply to about 1.2 million litres from 5.5 million litres, which included 2.2 million litres of petrol and 3.3 million litres of diesel, due to the lockdown.

While dealers in Raipur were expecting some recovery as the